George W
Events (1539)
- December 6-7, 2000: Judges Reject Lawsuits Challenging Florida Absentee Ballots 2000-12-06
- 12:00 p.m. December 8, 2000: Florida Legislature Meets to Decide Elector Appointment 2000-12-08
- December 8-9, 2000: Bush Asks US Supreme Court to Declare Him President; Republicans Attempt to Delay Process; Supreme Court Halts Recounts of ‘Undervotes’ 2000-12-08
- November 12 - December 10, 2000: Media Analyses Show Sunday Morning Talk Show Coverage Heavily Favorable to Bush in Recount Discussions 2000-12-10
- December 11, 2000: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ‘Bush v. Gore’; Justice Says ‘Counting of Votes’ Does ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Bush 2000-12-11
- 9:54 p.m. December 12, 2000: Supreme Court ‘Bush v. Gore’ Ruling Throws Out Florida Recounts, Gives Presidency to Bush 2000-12-12
- December 12, 2000: Florida House of Representatives Votes to Name Electors for Bush 2000-12-12
- December 13, 2000: Gore Concedes; Bush Accepts Presidency 2000-12-13
- December 14, 2000: Government Report Warns Terrorist Attack ‘Inside Our Borders Is Inevitable;’ US Has No Coherent Counterterrorism Strategy 2000-12-14
- December 16, 2000: Bush Names Powell Secretary of State; Cheney Plans to Undermine Powell 2000-12-16
- December 16, 2000: Powell Upstages Bush in Acceptance Speech 2000-12-16
- December 16, 2000: Powell: US Might Have to ‘Confront’ Saddam Hussein 2000-12-16
- December 18, 2000: Electoral College Certifies George W. Bush as President 2000-12-18
- December 19, 2000: Clinton Tells Bush His Top Priority Should Be Bin Laden; Bush Says It’s Saddam Hussein Instead 2000-12-19
- December 21, 2000: Bush Leaves Grim Environmental Legacy in Texas 2000-12-21
- December 28, 2000: Bush Chooses Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary over Objections of Father’s Friends 2000-12-28
- January 10-25, 2001: Rice Rejects Resuming Use of Surveillance Drone to Track Bin Laden 2001-01-10
- January 14, 2001: Bush Makes Puzzling Comment about Redefining US Peacekeeping Role 2001-01-14
- January 20, 2001: President Bush Stymies Environmental Regulations 2001-01-20
- January 20, 2001 and After: Cheney’s People Take Control of Large Areas of Bush Administration, Begin Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-01-20
- January 20, 2001: Cheney Has ‘Different Understanding’ with Bush about His Role, He Tells Former Vice President 2001-01-20
- After January 20, 2001: Counterterrorism Chief: Bush Tries to Impress Older White House Staffers 2001-01-20
- After January 20, 2001: Cheney to Push for Invasion of Iraq for Political Reasons, Personal Vendettas 2001-01-20
- After January 20, 2001: Enron Executives Trade on Influence to Gain Entry to White House 2001-01-20
- January 20, 2001: Bush Freezes 300 Pending Clinton Regulations 2001-01-20
- January 20, 2001: President Bush Delays Release of Reagan Papers 2001-01-20
- Before January 20, 2001: Pre-Inaugural Discussions about Removing Saddam Hussein 2001-01-20
- After January 20, 2001: George Tenet Accompanies Daily Morning CIA Briefer to Oval Office 2001-01-20
- January 21, 2001: George W. Bush Inaugurated as President 2001-01-21
- January 21, 2001: Bush Administration Takes Over; Many Have Oil Industry Connections 2001-01-21
- January 21, 2001: Bush Legal Team Ordered to Expand Presidential Power, Tighten Conservative Grip on Judiciary 2001-01-21
- January 23, 2001: Bush Blames California Energy Crisis on Lack of Power Plants 2001-01-23
- January 25, 2001-September 10, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Unable to Talk to President Bush about Terrorism before 9/11 2001-01-25
- January 25, 2001: White House Spokesman Says Administration Will Not Discuss ‘Vandal Scandal,’ But Will Remain Positive; White House Actually Feeding Story 2001-01-25
- January 26, 2001: Clinton Officials Engaged in ‘Carefully Organized Campaign of Vandalism,’ News Sites Allege 2001-01-26
- January 26, 2001: Conservative Pundit: White House, Air Force One Vandalized, Stripped by Clinton ‘Thieves’ 2001-01-26
- January 29, 2001 - December 12, 2002: Bush Issues Executive Orders Allowing Faith-Based Aid Providers to Proselytize Aid Recipients 2001-01-29
- January 29, 2001: Bush Announces Formation of Energy Task Force 2001-01-29
- January 29, 2001: Bush Wants to Preserve Executive Powers for Himself, ‘Predecessors’ 2001-01-29
- January 29, 2001: Bush Tells Muslim Leader Hussein Must Go 2001-01-29
- January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism 2001-01-30
- February 1, 2001: Rumsfeld Wants to Get Rid of Hussein in Iraq; Envisions Iraq After Hussein Is Gone 2001-02-01
- February 6, 2001: White House Told of New Rise in Terrorist Threats 2001-02-06
- February 9, 2001: Navy Submarine Accidentally Sinks Japanese Fishing Boat; Civilians at Controls 2001-02-09
- February 13, 2001: Interagency Counterterrorism Communications Now Channeled Through National Security Adviser Rice 2001-02-13
- February 14, 2001: Bush: No Vandalism or Looting of Air Force One by Clinton Staffers 2001-02-14
- February 14, 2001: House Committee Holds Hearing on Fox News’s ‘Premature’ Decision to Declare Bush Election Night Winner 2001-02-14
- February 16, 2001: US and British Bomb Iraq Outside of No-Fly Zone for First Time since 1998 2001-02-16
- February 16, 2001: New Defense Adviser Richard Perle Advocates Overthrowing Hussein 2001-02-16
- March 1, 2001: Bush, Cheney Work to Back Administration Off of Campaign Pledge to Reduce CO2 Emissions 2001-03-01